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Stephen Hawking's New Theory on Black Holes: Boring
 We all know of Stephen Hawking. He is the guy that pioneered the understanding of black holes -- the matter-consuming vortexes created when stars collapse -- in the mid-1970s. The problem that faced him back then was where matter and energy went when they entered a black hole. His theory was that the matter and energy is brought into a parallel universe.
Now he has a new theory. The black hole eventually dies and the matter and energy is released back into our universe. Hawking: "It is great to solve a problem that has been troubling me for nearly 30 years, even though the answer is less exciting than the alternative I suggested." Some "Star Trek" fans have become depressed to learn that parallel universes no longer exist.
I think I can speak for everyone (yeah right...) when I say we will all miss no longer having the possibility of traveling to parallel universes via a black hole. But I guess on the plus side, if you ever are sucked into a black hole, you can have the comfort of knowing you will be spitted back out once the black hole dies, but in a horribly mutilated state, probably in the state of a tiny dot less than the size of a tick, while mashed together with random objects, like a crushed hocky stick sticking out of your ass.
Hawking has previously insisted that the holes emit radiation but never cough up any trace of matter consumed, a view that conflicts with subatomic theory and its view that matter can never be completely destroyed.
Source: CNN Science and Technology
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